Saturday, January 23, 2010

Stampqueen17 over at Stampin' Addicts inspired me with a delightful hanging Valentine basket that you can see for yourself by clicking HERE. I made my basket just like she did using the Scallop Circle Die, folding the circles in half and gluing them together at the point. But, I decided that I wanted mine to be a Valentine Door Hanger, so I put mine together with the handles to the outside. I just used brads to adhere the Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon to the basket and then tied on some Real Red Satin Ribbon accents.

To decorate the front of my cute little basket, I used a scalloped circle from from the SU Pennant Bigz XL die as the base for my punched out Very Vanilla Heart piece and the sampling of punched out hearts from the set called I {Heart} Hearts. I love how it turned out and of course . . . the beautiful paper makes this project absolutely sing! I love, love, love the Sending Love Specialty paper with the sweet glitter accents! I'm ordering MORE on Monday. It's been so very popular with my customers, too.

The stamp set that I used on this project is a super special one because from now until February 28 2010, $2 from every I {Heart} Hearts stamp set that is purchased through your demonstrator will be donated to the American Red Cross' Haiti Relief and Development Fund. This money will be used to provide immediate relief and long-term support to help those in need. Thank you, Stampin'Up for always helping us lend a helping hand to those who need the help the most. Here are the particulars: